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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Harper's Gigi sent me a beautiful mum yesterday and Harper this talking, snoring pig as get well gifts since we had the "swine flu". Harper loved playing with the pig.Now that Harper is all better - I finally took some pictures of her in her Halloween costume. I hate that we missed her first Halloween but I'm pretty sure she doesn't know she missed it. ha! We will have fun next year.

I think she is just the cutest little pig!

She wasn't overly excited to be having her picture made in her costume.

I feel like I have officially moved on from baby to toddler. She is keeping me SO busy every day. She is EVERYWHERE! She crawls all over the house constantly and I spend most of my day saying "No Harper" and diverting her from danger. She is starting to stand on her own and I tried to snap a picture of her today when she was doing it. She only stays up for a few seconds like this but it's getting a little more every day. I'm sure in another month or so I'll have a walker and then I might die from sheer exhaustion. ha!

I was thinking today of how I spend most of my day with Harper wanting to do the one or two things that I have to tell her "No" about. (i.e. - going out the doggie door or pulling up on something sharp). She has an entire room or rooms of good things to play with and do - lots of fun toys, lots of safe places to stand and yet the only thing she wants is the one thing I tell her she can't have. She cries and turns red and rears her back and throws tantrums every time I tell her no and I try to patiently steer her towards something better. Isn't that such a picture of us and God? We ask over and over and over and over for the one thing God tells us No on and He gently tries to redirect us. I wonder sometimes if he ever loses his patience with us or gets tired of trying to keep us from hurting ourselves? I have a feeling I come off like a very spoiled and fussy child most of the time with Him. Thank goodness that His grace and mercy is new EVERY morning!

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That is the most adorable baby pig! She looks SO cute!!! What a doll.Make it easier on yourself and uber baby proof any room she has access too. I had gates and not a picture frame or nick nack in sight for years! It makes it a lot easier as she can wander and you don't have to be on top of her. It's exhausting!

I SO feel you. My little Moses is almost 15 months and he has been walking since about 10 months. The taller he gets the harder it gets! (PS I'm a first time commenter. Love your blog! So much in common. We are a football fam too!)

I know all about what you are talking about with the sheer exhaustion! Colten is ALL over the place and has been taking steps here and there for a couple of weeks now. He's quite the climber as well...he's doing so much more at this age than my first one did! And to think I thought my first one was early with some things...this one is going to be (or already is!) a handful!

Harper looks adorable in her little piggy outfit. So very fitting for this year considering the 'swine' flu is what kept her away from the big day:) She is getting so grown up. My little man just turned two and this is our third night without the pacifier...I consider it a huge milestone but I could cry every night when I put him into bed without it. Enjoy every minute....it FLIES BY:)

Isn't that just the truth? I love that picture of how we must come off to God. Thanks for the sweet reminder of how many gifts I actually have instead of focusing on the two things I don't have.

Harper is incredibly cute. These days will end all too soon and you will wish you were chasing her around again. My son just turned 9and I find myself wishing I could have it back for just a few days. They were fun days, hard days and exhausting days, but very worth it.

we sure do have minds of our own! sometimes we have to fall and hurt ourselves to be able to learn. it is our ugly human nature, but that is the way it is. until we experience the pain, we will not learn.

Such a dollbaby! That costume is precious! And the irony is not lost that her first Halloween in the darling piggy outfit got derailed by the Swine flu! She is growing so fast...it doesn't ever slow down!

My daughter is almost 9 1/2 months and she's doing everything that Harper's doing. I almost thought you were writing about my baby girl there for a second. :) My daughter also is crawling around ninety miles an hour and she just started standing up in the last several days... she'll stand for several seconds before she falls. Like Harper she also has a house full of toys yet she always wants whatever she can't have - usually my laptop or electrical cords! And I'm always having to tell her NO too.

So true! I too am thankful His mercies are new every morning...especially as a mom. My daughter is 15 months and drives me crazy sometimes. She is at the stage where she is testing her boundaries and often tests the SAME boundary over and over again. It's exhausting...but I'm SO thankful to be her mommy no matter what!

My daughter was the same little piggie for Halloween!!! And it also baffles me why she wont play with all of her many toys but wants to get into all the things she shouldn't...just wait until she starts walking and then it really gets crazy! But so much fun too:)

SOOOO cute!!!!! I heard you guys have been sick!!! Sorry I haven't been keeping up better! We are here in Eastern Europe getting Kellsey! I'm glad you are on the mend! We've been praying! LOVE Harper's costume! :)

I totally agree with you on us being like spoiled little kids to God... but just like you never stop loving Harper no matter how many times you tell her no on something, God loves us more than we could ever ask or imagine. THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR GRACE AND MERCY!!! WE WILL NEVER DESERVE THE LOVE YOU GIVE US!!!

We serve an awesome God don't we!

Thanks again for being such a blessing Kelly! I look forward to hearing what you have to say everyday!

One of my favorite bloggers, Annie - at Dumptrucks, Babies, and Everything Else - had that same piggy costume for her precious daughter Annabelle. I literally squealed when I first saw that costume...I think that is the cutest thing I've ever seen!

As for the "no"....oh honey, I have wanted to just record me saying that word and put it on instant replay. I am soooooooooooooo tired of saying that word. Law mercy! Every now and then (about once a month), Mike and I actually have a discussion where we re-group and rethink all that we tell her NO on. As much as I want to say "no" to her pulling everything out of the pantry, all my magazines out of baskets, and so on...I have to remind myself that she is just curious and unless it is a DANGER to her, I try not to say No. Uuuugghhhh...it's sooo hard for me, and a whole lot easier said than done. But I always worry that all that child hears from me is NO! So I try to regroup mentally and let her explore on the stuff that's not dangerous.....and that's not my makeup bag.. haha! ;o)

Her costume is so precious, how appropriate that she was a little pig!!! :) I am glad to hear that both of you are getting better, I am paranoid about getting the swine flu and hearing that you are already over it is great, great news. God is good!!!! Take care.

She is simply adorable! I just love her piggy costume... she is the cutest little pig. She is growing so fast... I know that you are enjoying each and every day with her. Glad you are both feeling better. Have a great "rest of" the week

I remember those days very well. It can definitely be a challenge. That's when I finally gave in and gates flew up all over my house. (And they add nothing to the decor) My son was given a shirt that said "I think my name is No-No" It was probably very true.

We have a doggy door and I just let Braidy (15 months) go outside and back in all day. He LOVES to be outside. Yes, he'll eat some dirt here and there, but it makes him so happy. Unless it's cold, maybe she wants to go play outside! She is adorable and reminds me very much of Braidy...a busy busy baby!!!

Haha..we have that same snoring, sleep talking pig. It's odd but funny! My son is the same way. He wants everything he can't have..cell phones, remotes, etc and he freaks out if you take it away or try and give him something else.

I LOVE the pig costume - that is the cutest thing ever!!! Glad that y'all are feeling better.

I remember when my daugther turned about 9 months old - the tantrums started - I was in shock they were so soon. She is about to turn 2 on Saturday and she has the tantrum thing down pat - she can be such an angel one minute, then the next a total mess. Once they are mobile, its a whole new game - my daughters newest 'game' is to take off and run from me every chance she gets and she giggles non-stop doing it - not so fun being pregnant trying to chase her down the street! But I wouldn't trade any of it for the world - they are such a blessing and it goes by so fast! :)

Harper is such a beautiful little piggy...what a great costume!!! And thank you for what you said about God redirecting us, I so needed to read that tonight! Those words were such a blessing for me! THANK YOU!

Adorable costume. I LOVE LOVE the pig. We had a pig party for Blair's first birthday, and it turned out so cute. She was a cotton boll for halloween! My MIL made the costume, and it was precious! (there are pictures on my blog of course!) We didn't go trick or treating but she looked so cute.

The end of your post was really good. I loved the comparison you made between babies and us as children of God. Thanks for that!

Oh how I needed that detailed picture of God "redirecting" us or telling us no. I am so struggling with that right now while trying to find a job...I feel like I'm @ at the end of my rope in this search. I just wish I knew what it is He has in store for me or where it is He is trying to direct. I am praying for better days. Thank you SO much for those words Kelly!

PS - I've been meaning to email you! I feel so blessed to have been on the prayer blog ....and my prayers have been answered! I'm pregnant! :) Still early... 8 1/2 weeks! I blog it and pics yesterday :)

im not a mother myself but i have done alot of babysitting and one mother i babysat for when he little boy started what Harper is doing and instead of saying no all the time (she was worried he would get discouraged) she would say lets not climb on the table but lets climb on this such as a teddy bear or the sofa something safe! Its a good tip that i have actually seen alot of mothers use but they do grow up fast and she just makes the cutest pig!

Pretty precious pig:) Bet she LOVES her new 'hog'.And yes you are so right, if we'd only listen to HIS answers...and obey. Thanking HIM for HIS grace and mercy and thanking you for sharing your heart with us.Blessings always,KayeMatthew 21:22

LOVE the pig costume, but then again, I love pigs! :) And my baby just turned 1, she has a house full of toys and would rather play with something she's not supposed to. She throws tantrums too. I always thought kids that did that were spoiled rotten, until I had my own and realized they come with their own little personality and sin nature. Isn't that something!? lol Gotta love these little blessings! :)

Where on earth did you find that costume?! That has GOT to be the cutest costume I've EVER seen. Where did you get it. I didn't dress my 2.5 month old up. I couldn't find anything I liked, but next year will be different. I'll start early looking for a great costume.

Harper is darling and so cute in her piggy costume. Glad she is feeling better! My oldest, who is now 14, was so much like Harper when he was a baby/toddler and into everything he was not supposed to be into. Like Harper, he had so many toys, but was curious about everything else and was very hands-on and wanted to figure out and touched everything he set his eyes on. That curious personality serves them so well when they go to school and in their walk with God, because they are not passive learners, but active. It will be such a blessings, but while they are little, it is absolutely exhausting physically and we, like you guys said "no" when needed and have had to work with him on self-control much more than we had to with our other two kids. I did utilize baby gates, just to keep me sane and keep him safe.

What an adorable piggy! Also what a great way to put it...that is us and God. Isn't it funny how they change every day....such a gift. A gift you do have to work for, but when you lay your head at night at least you can do it with a smile and thank God for all he has blessed us with!(((hugs)))Lindsay

Take lots of pictures of her temper tantrums. It will help you to not feel so frustrated at the moment because it will look hilarious on camera. Plus, looking back after a few years you will be amazed at the change in their behaviour. (For the better...hopefully!!)

the outfit is killing me! SO cute! I love the little boots- hilarious!

I love what you wrote and how you correlated it to how the Lord feels about us! Isn't it amazing how motherhood/parenthood gives you a small glimpse of His infinite love as our Father? What a gift!

Also, about Harper getting into things.... i promise it gets easier. She is right at that age where she is so curious and discovering everything and gaining some independence. Plus, the fact you have been in the house recovering from illness doesn't help :) She is so adorable and it's so fun for all of us to see these huge milestones of your little miracle girl! Happy Thursday!

Ok - that little piglet costume is the CUTEST thing I have ever seen!! She is adorable!!!

I totally love what you said about God gently re-directing us and how you compared it to the way we tend to our children. That's such a great analogy and it brings it down to "my level" - I really appreciate that and I really needed to hear that!

My goodness - how wonderful that you were able to take a life lesson from having a "mommy moment" and tie it into exactly the message that God wanted me to hear today! Thanks for blessing me!What a cute little piggy!!! Next year, you'll be able to go through her treat bucket and "help" her eat her candy!! :)

kelly, i have been reading your blog since before harper was born and she is such a sweetie. i hardly ever comment since i don't have my own blog yet. but one of my friends posted this on facebook today and i thought u might be interested. i was wondering if u could do a post on it? wouldn't it be wonderful if this little boy got tons of cards?!

A friend posted this message and I would like to continue it, my heart goes out to this family. A 5yr old boy is in the last stages of his 2 &1/2 yr battle with Neuroblastoma Cancer, one of his last wishes is to have another Christmas with his family and get Christmas Cards.

His family is celebrating Christmas next week for him, so send him a card to: Noah Biorkman, 1141 Fountain View Circle, South Lyon, MI 48178, and past it on! We don't realize how blessed we are to have healthy kids.

me and my children will be sending out xmas cards to this little boy tomorrow

She is SUCH a cute little piggy! And you're right - you'll have a walker before you know it. Love your analogy about us as tantrum-throwing toddlers and God as the ever-patient and loving parent...so true! Glad y'all are feeling better!!

Harper looks precious! I love the piggy costume. It's amazing how fast life can change once they figure out how to get into everything! :) I wouldn't change it for anything in the world. I love every second of it...even the huge messes I clean-up daily! I'm just thankful I am only cleaning-up after one child.

Oh my! That is the cutest Halloween outfit I've ever seen! I also wanted to thank you for the wonderful inspirational words. Your blog is such a uniquely comforting read and I truly appreciate that you take the time to do this.

I think that your Harper and my Ryne have much of the same personality traits. Makes me laugh when I read that Harper is doing the same things as my little guy....and I have a sigh of relief that mine's not the only one trying Mommy's nerves sometimes. It is amazing how much being in the role of a parent can teach us about our relationship with our Heavenly Father. Just wait....it only gets better...mmmm...maybe that is it only gets more convicting....or maybe it only gets more humbling....yet maybe it is just gets more tangible...or the word I'm looking for might just be "real". Well, I think they all apply. Can't even begin to tell you all that God has taught me about our relationship through my two-year old. I just pray that I never stop listening to Him when He chooses to speak through my children!

That is a great way to look at things when God tells us NO and we dont always listen, does he get frustrated?I love the way you find Great ways to relate small things in life, that i would never think about, in a way we could also relate to God. I need to think more like that.

I randomly got a catalog in the mail from a place I had never heard of. But these were in there http://www.potpourrigift.com/itemdy00.asp?TKW=NS04&SKW=slippers&I2.x=0&I2.y=0&T1=R97506+FRO&PageNo=1&pos=6and reminded me a little of Harper's costume...though her costume is WAY cuter:)